Thursday, February 3 2011
In the Air: Orson Welles’s Unfinished 1972 Film, ‘The Other Side of the Wind’
Friday, January 28 2011
The Year In TV: May 2010
Continuing out look at the year’s most notable television events, here’s what happened in May 2010.
Friday, June 4 2010
Ending the Exceptional: Convention Defiance in Dennis Hopper’s ‘Easy Rider’
Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider not only defied cinematic and social conventions upon its release in 1969, but also the very idea of American exceptionalism.
Tuesday, June 1 2010
‘Easy Rider’: Dennis Hopper Explains America
Anticipating everything from the Kent State killings to the Branch Davidian siege, Easy Rider distills just how deeply freedom and authority are fundamentally antagonists in America. Sadly, especially in America.
Monday, November 23 2009
Easy Rider 40th Anniversary
This 40-year-old classic still has its thrills -- enough to make you wish that you, too, had a bike with a teardrop gas tank emblazoned with the American flag.
Thursday, March 26 2009
Elegy
Coixet’s examination of age and the natural process of dying are refracted through a spectrum of cultures, ages, experiences and fears that are atypical of contemporary American films.
Thursday, January 15 2009
An American Carol
This is what right-wingers accuse Hollywood liberals of making: a vanity project intended to please a small, select group.
Friday, October 17 2008
Crash: Series Premiere
Despite his recent meandering through Ameriprise commercials on the beach, Dennis Hopper can still pull out an audacious Frank Booth-like performance when so moved.
